Voyage au pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie. Atlas Pittoresque Pl.132.
Dessiné par Goupil, lith. par Bayot.
Gide Editeur. Lith. par Lemercier. [n.d. c.1846.]
Tinted lithograph. 342 x 533mm. 13½ x 21". Some spotting. Toning around the edges.
An interior in Java, Indonesia. From 'Voyage au pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée 1837-1840', the account of Jules Dumont D'Urville's second expedition to the South Seas. The 31 volumes took 14 years to publish, not helped by D'Urville's death in the famous Versailles Rail Accident of 1842, the first French railway disaster. Publisher's blindstamp below title.
NLA: 1473297.
[Ref: 18860] £230.00
Gide Editeur. Lith. par Lemercier. [n.d. c.1846.]
Tinted lithograph. 342 x 533mm. 13½ x 21". Some spotting. Toning around the edges.
An interior in Java, Indonesia. From 'Voyage au pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée 1837-1840', the account of Jules Dumont D'Urville's second expedition to the South Seas. The 31 volumes took 14 years to publish, not helped by D'Urville's death in the famous Versailles Rail Accident of 1842, the first French railway disaster. Publisher's blindstamp below title.
NLA: 1473297.
[Ref: 18860] £230.00